Beautiful People by Big Country

You Tube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BVZEYYt1AE


[Intro]
                     
                     


[Verse 1]
             
If beauty is a

            
n ecstasy and 

              
anger keeps yo

  
u poor
            
A hungry man i

            
s never free, 

             
a rich man nev

   
er cured
             
Things were ne

            
ver what they 

          
used to be


[Verse 2]
             
Now every crow

             
d has its silv

             
er lining, we 

              
all got stuff 

   
to sell
            
And you may li

             
ve your life s

            
o bitter, but 

              
you remember i

     
t so well
             
Things were ne

            
ver what they 

          
used to be
            
For all the fo

            
lks who can ru

             
n the world, d

             
rive cabs or c

   
ut your hair


[Chorus]
           
And the sun ma

          
y set without 

             
your help, but

             
 you’re beauti

             
ful people to 


me
         
You may fall b

           
efore you’re p

             
ushed, but it’

             
s beautiful pe

       
ople I see
         
If you only se

            
e the stars wh

             
en it’s dark, 

            
that’s enough 

    
for me
         
An empty soul 

           
with a full op

             
inion is beaut

             
iful people to

 
 me


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[Verse 3]
             
It’s all the s

             
ame in differe

             
nt hats, the p

              
roof of the mi

      
ssing link
            
A nation talki

            
ng to itself a

             
nd none of us 

    
can think
             
Things were ne

            
ver what they 

           
used to be
            
For a silent f

            
ool may still 

            
be wise, there

              
’s no way you 

    
can tell


[Chorus]
         
And the captai

            
n more scared 

             
than his crew 

            
is beautiful p

         
eople to me
         
The finest gov

            
ernment you co

            
uld buy is bea

             
utiful people 

  
I see
         
If you live fi

           
ve to one agai

             
nst it’s good 

          
enough for me
         
Can’t use two 

            
steps to cross

            
 a canyon, you

              
’re beautiful 

         
people to me


[Chorus]
         
If you don’t s

            
ee the same tr

            
ees I see, you

              
’re beautiful 

         
people to me
         
Make deserts b

            
loom and ocean

            
s die, just be

             
autiful people

    
 to me
         
If you’re lost

            
 and dying of 

             
civilization, 

            
that’s enough 

    
for me
         
If you believe

            
 your own blin

             
d eye, you’re 

            
beautiful peop

     
le to me


[Chorus]
            
And you may mi

            
ss what you ne

            
ver had and ha

              
ve what you do

    
n’t need
           
And the sun ma

          
y set without 

             
your help, but

             
 you’re beauti

             
ful people to 


me
         
You may fall b

           
efore you’re p

             
ushed, but it’

             
s beautiful pe

       
ople I see
         
If you only se

            
e the stars wh

             
en it’s dark, 

            
that’s enough 

    
for me
         
An empty soul 

           
with a full op

             
inion is beaut

             
iful people to

 
 me


[Chorus 2]
         
And the captai

            
n more scared 

             
than his crew 

            
is beautiful p

         
eople to me
         
The finest gov

            
ernment you co

            
uld buy is bea

             
utiful people 

  
I see
         
If you live fi

           
ve to one agai

             
nst it’s good 

          
enough for me
         
Can’t use two 

            
steps to cross

            
 a canyon, you

              
’re beautiful 

         
people to me


[Outro]
         
If you don’t s

            
ee the same tr

            
ees I see, you

              
’re beautiful 

         
people to me
         
Make deserts b

            
loom and ocean

            
s die, just be

             
autiful people

    
 to me
         
If you’re lost

            
 and dying of 

             
civilization, 

            
that’s enough 

    
for me
         
If you believe

            
 your own blin

             
d eye, you’re 

            
beautiful peop

     
le to me